strew

Verb

Verb Forms: strewed, strewn, strewing, strews

To scatter or spread something untidily over a surface.
spread by scattering ( is archaic)
- "strew toys all over the carpet"
cover; be dispersed over
- "Dead bodies strewed the ground"
To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
To spread abroad; to disseminate.
To populate with at random points; to cause to appear randomly distributed throughout.

Examples

error-strewn
He had to strew his remaining tiles carefully to avoid setting up his opponent.
Leaves strewed the ground.
The files had been strewn all over the floor.
to strew sand over a floor

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English strewen, strawen, streowen, from Old English strewian, strēawian, strēowian (“to strew, scatter”), from Proto-West Germanic *strauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (“to strew”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, scatter”).
Cognate with Scots strow, straw (“to strew”), West Frisian streauwe (“to strew”), Dutch strooien (“to strew, scatter, sprinkle”), German streuen (“to strew, scatter”), Swedish strö (“to strew”), Icelandic strá (“to strew”), Norwegian Nynorsk strå (“to strew”).

Synonyms

straw, scatter, sprinkle

Scrabble Score: 8

strew: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
strew: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
strew: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

strew: valid Words With Friends Word